No Set Path
Episode 14 ยท Aug 30, 2023

Paths to Screenwriting (The Black List, Outlander, The Morning Show): Special WGA Picket Episode

Writers on the picket line share how their careers started.

Runtime
00:42:54
Released
Aug 30, 2023
Path
Writing

Show notes

This special episode features several writers representing the Writers Guild of America (WGA) active on the writers strike picket lines in Los Angeles.
We had the opportunity to speak with Noah Schechter (The Black List), Evan McGahey (Outlander) and Becca Mann (The Bondsman, The Morning Show).

  1. 1:30NOAH SCHECTER
  2. 2:55The flawed business model of streamers
  3. 5:00First job on The Black List
  4. 7:00How to make time for writing
  5. 13:20EVAN MCGAHEY
  6. 13:44First job on The Black List (with Noah!)
  7. 17:18How the points of negotiation were chosen
  8. 19:20From bio major to TV writer
  9. 28:35BECCA MANN
  10. 29:40First TV job through cold emailing!
  11. 32:10From USA Swimming National Team to scripted TV
  12. 34:26Staff room minimums
  13. 35:26Bike the Strike

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